The
ever-increasing need for enhanced productivity in designing highly complex
electronic systems drives the evolution of design methods beyond traditional
approaches. Virtual prototyping, design space exploration and system synthesis
are needed to design optimized systems, comprising hardware and software
implementations. Electronic system-level (ESL) design promises to provide
system architects with the right tools to make the right decisions about the
system architecture at early stages of the design process. This includes
methodologies and synthesis techniques that are supported by appropriate ESL
models. Furthermore, a well-connected ESL-to-implementation design flow is
needed. Overall, designing at higher levels of abstraction coupled with the
right tool support is a viable way to better cope with the system design
complexity, by increasing code reuse and allowing components to be verified
earlier in the design process.

The Electronic
System Level Synthesis Conference ESLsyn focuses on
automated system design methods that enable efficient modelling, synthesis,
exploration and verification of systems from high-level specifications down to
lower level implementations.

ESLsyn provides
an overview of existing and emerging solutions provided by both industrial
partners and research institutions in the domain of ESL design and high-level
synthesis. It gives an outline of synthesis methods and tools currently
available in the market and discuss their applicability, performance, strengths
and user experiences. Finally, the event will create a platform to foster
discussion and exchange between providers of synthesis technology and industry
users, as well as serving as a forum to discuss scientific concepts and
paradigms for the future evolution of synthesis methods.